Cure for parvo?! Please read!

Wait a minute - didn't you just have a puppy die from parvo and you're talking about how to eliminate it from your house and yard?  I'll bet the puppy was at your house, right?  And now your sister's puppy is acting like it could have it?  Why aren't you rushing off to the vet?  Do you think that if Gatorade cured it that Parvo would still be a problem?
 
I read some unbelievable, ignorant stuff but this is right up there.
 
Get that poor puppy to a vet and make sure that before you bring it into the vet office that they know that it potentially/probably has parvo.
 
 

I'm not going to let myself get angry on a dog forum.

The only thing that even has an 80% chance of curing parvo is vet treatment.  With everything else, you're gambling, and besides, if you're caught trying to treat it yourself, you can get in trouble for failure to take your animal to a vet because you're not a licensed vet.

I hope you can find an affordable vet because parvo treatment is typically very expensive. >O_o;<

Well then maybe you should give a little more information when you ask questions!  Giving the full story would really help people down at my level []
 
I think it's pretty normal to infer from your questions about how to eliminate parvo (and resistance to the suggestions) that when you post a day later about your sister's sick puppy that the puppy had been exposed to the parvo that you've got at your house.
 
Maybe if you sister can't afford to treat the puppy she should get it to a shelter or humane society that might be able to help her.

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Since the posts were deleted and I haven't gone in search for what WAS posted I'll try and read between the lines...that aren't really there
 
 
I'll "Assume" your sister had a pup that was at your house or who has come in contact with your pup prior to it's passing. Parvo is a 14 day incubation virus, depending on when your sisters pup started showing symtoms and the severity it is experiencing now would really depend on how your sister should be treating the pup/dog. Also a BIG factor is the age, breed and vaccinations the pup has already received.
 
Not knowing this information I would suggest your sister taking the pup to the vet, this is not a virus that can be left go and survival expected, as you know.
 
I have treated Parvo at home myself years ago, after I knew what to look for and had already lost a pup to it. I also know the signs where I am not supporting the pups system before it's too late for the vet to be able to save the pup.
 
Would I suggest you or your sister to? NO
 
It's the weekend, if you don't get this pup in the vet today and it declines rapidy you will be looking at Emergency vet costs

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The original post ask about treating parvo with Gatorade and a couple of other things (can't remember - something that comes from Wal-Mart...) that had been discussed on some other list.  Then said that his/her sister's puppy was acting the way his/hers did when it had parvo and the niece was attached to it and he/she didn't want to see it die.  Then after I posted a response he/she gave more info and said that the sister had just found the puppy as a stray 2 days ago and that he/she didn't have the funds to have the puppy treated. 

I re-reading now, I see that the OP not only deleted posts but also changed his/her responses (post #2).  That's really annoying.
 
Now I see that the OP posted in at least 3 forums asking for info! 

Ok, Great, now i see the other TWO posts!!
 
So no one knows any history on this pup, it was the pitty stray your sister found. The best thing I can say is to vet the pup, it could be infested with worms and no matter what amount of pepto, gatoraide what have you will help this pup with whips or tapes. I'll assume it wasn't at the vet since your sister found it? Anything could be wrong and lethargic, not wanting to eat could be a number of things wrong some more minor then Parvo which can be treated minimually.
 
Forums are great when you have simple problems and training issues or need support but diagnosing illness should be left up to your vet who has better resources.

I have tried really hard not to be rude to anyone on here even when I wanted to but...
 
Maybe the lesson here is that if you cannot properly care for a puppy, then you should quit taking them home!  YOU NEED TO TAKE IT TO SOMEONE WHO CAN.  This poor dog is at your mercy and you are taking the chance of letting it die.   If you cannot get it the treatment it needs to live I sure hope you would get it to a shelter or do WHATEVER you have to do so this poor helpless puppy can have a chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And quickly!
 
I understand your fincances may not allow but what are your choices... keep it because you want it and have it possibly die.  Or give it up to someone who can let it live.  Think of the dog.

DITTO To Everything loveukaykay said in her post!

I read there are some topics one should never discuss at work or at a party:  politics, abortion, capital punishment, and other hotties but no one ever mentioned parvo!  I left another site that had a nasty all out fight about parvo, someone mentioning using bleach water and boy did the poop hit the fan.  Is it the subject itself or the futility of reading about a sick dog (that you can't help in person) that gets people so upset?  I'll tell ya the site if you like, last count the topic had over a thousand hits.  It's hotter than imigration reform.  This is as far as I am going to put my nose in it.  

My point is not necessarily about parvo, its about getting a dog and not getting it the proper shots it needs, then when its sick not getting it the care it needs.  Puppies need their shots, and when they have a disease they need treatment.  If you cannot provide these things you should not own a dog.
 
They are not stuffed animals or toys.  They are ALIVE, they NEED things, and they cost MONEY.
 
I truely hate to be insensitive.  But how many dogs have to die before someone decides to wait unil they can provide for it correctly.
 
Jules - Im sorry you had to leave another site.  This is the first time Ive gotten upset, it just makes me sad.  Everyone here is very nice - I hope you like it better here

Well, hold on a sec.  Those shots aren't magic.   Parvo has an incubation period of 14 days.  Mommas immunity wears off somewhere between 8-15 weeks.  Shots while the pups still HAVE momma's immunity are wasted.  Shots after the ONE that does the trick are wasted too, but it's more cost effective to give the series of 3 than to titer.....plus with titering there is no reliable way to tell if the pup still has MOM's immunities or his own.
 
Dr. Dodd's recommends the following vaccine schedule....parvo/distemper ONLY at 9, 12 and between 16-20 weeks, rabies no earlier than 24 weeks.  With rabies, I wait as long as I can and pray I don't get caught because that one is hard on the immune system.  A LOT of vets will give rabies with a spueter......shouldn't be done.....vaccines are ONLY to be given to animals with a healthy immune system and that is depressed by anesthesia.......
 
Absolutely when you find a pup or otherwise obtain one, it should go to the vet straight-away, or within 24 hours at the latest.  I encourage ALL my new families to take their pups to the vet within 48 hours, and pups I place ARE vaccinated and vetted and wormed and everything else that needs doing.  They also get a bath and a nail clipping within 24 hours of folks coming to "look".......but I still want them SEEN by their new doc within 48 hours and I tell folks that when they call to set up an appointment.
 
A stray that I find on the street?  Immediate vet care and if the vet isn't open, well, quarenteen until the office opens, away from my other dogs, just to be safe.  And if that animal shows signs of illness....damned the cost and I just run up a bigger bill at the vets! 
 
When you take responsibility for a LIFE, it might bite you in the wallet.  And you've gotta bite the bullet and take the hit.  Or take the pup to someone, like the HS who WILL have the animal vetted.